Ax-hanble guard



H. N. TYSON.

AX HANDLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 9. 1915.

1,310,312, Patented July 15, 1919.

EJ/Tav/Z srns PTN AX-HANDLE GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed November 9, 1916. Serial No. 130,384.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoMnR N. TYsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Telford, in the county of Lincoln and State of lVashingtomhave invented certain useful Improvements in AX- Handle Guards, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to a tool handle guard or protector and more particularly to the class of ax handle guards or protectors.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a guard or protector of this character wherein the handle can be applied with despatch and ease to the ax head, hatchet, pick or the like and will avoid damage thereto or the breaking of the same and also eliminates wear incident to the handle at the point of connection thereof with the head of the implement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a guard or protector of this character wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so that the handle for an ax can be securely fastened in the head of the latter without possibility of the handle working loose or becoming separated therefrom and at the same time avoiding breakage of the handle or wear thereof when the ax is in use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a guard or protector of this character wherein the handle of an ax is materially reinforced at the point where the greatest strain occurs or vibration due to sharp blows thereto.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a guard or protector of this character which is simple in construction,

thoroughly reliable and eflicient in its purpose, strong, durable and inexpensive in manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in View the invention consists in ,the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an aX with its handle showing the guard or protector constructed in accordance with the invention applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the guard or protector removed from the handle of an ax head.

F ig. 3 is a plan view of the blank forming the guard or protector.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 44- of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail A designates the handle and B the head of an ax of the ordinary well-known construction, the handle A being formed as shown with a tenon end 5 which is adapted to be wedged within the eye in the ax head B as usual and upon this handle A is mounted the guard or protector hereinafter fully described.

The guard or protector comprises a plate 6 preferably made from metal which at one end is formed with a V-shaped slot or bifur cation 7 which is located centrally thereof and extends longitudinally a distance therein to provide a pair of wings or leaves 8, the plate 6 being folded on itself centrally thereof in alineinent with the slot or bifurcation 7 so as to form a sheave to receive and partially surround the tenon end 5 and a portion of the handle A next thereto as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The leaves or wings S extend within the eye of the aX head B between the tenon end 5 and the side walls of said eye while the free outer edges of said wings or leaves 8 are bent outwardly to form retaining flanges 9 at right angles thereto which engage over the ex head B for a distance at the outer edge thereof on opposite sides of the eye therein so that the ax head B will be prevented from working off of the tenon end 5 of the handle A when the aX is in use.

The plate 6 at the end opposite the wings or leaves 8 is rounded as at 10 while in opposite sides of said plate spaced from this rounded end 10 are countersunk holes 11 for receiving rivets 12 which are engaged in the handle A and in this manner the plate 6 constituting the guard or protector is securely fastened to the handle A of the ax as will be apparent.

In the use of the guard when assembling a new ax, the guard with the wings or leaves 8 and retaining flange 9 is employed in the ax when complete, but on applying the guard to an old ax handle and the ax complete, the tongues are dispensed with at the option of the user, the main body of the guard may then be applied to protect the shank of the handle, and thus serve as a sheave there- From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of use of the ax handle guard will be clearly understood and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

That is claimed is:

In a device of the character described, in combination, an ax handle, an ax head having an eye, and a guard formed from a single blank of sheet metal designed to be driven between the eye of the head and the tenon head of the handle, said blank consisting of a plate-like body the side edges of Which taper from one end to the other end,

the plate-like body being bent transversely to assume an arcuate form in cross section forming a sheave having medial portion and side Walls, the medial portion of the sheave at the Wide end being provided With a longitudinal V-shaped slot to provide opposed Wings, the slot terminating short of the inner end of the eye, outwardly bent guard flanges formed at the terminals of the Wings and contacting against the outer edge of the ax head for preventing displacement of the head and means for fastening the side Walls of the sheave near the inner end to the ax handle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HOMER NEFF TYSON,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

